cry off in English

Forms: cries off [present, singular, third-person], crying off [participle, present], cried off [participle, past], cried off [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: cry + off Etymology templates: {{m|en|cry}} cry, {{m|en|off}} off Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry off (third-person singular simple present cries off, present participle crying off, simple past and past participle cried off)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cry"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "off"
      },
      "expansion": "off",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "cry + off",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cries off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crying off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cancel something previously arranged with someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-cry_off-en-verb-lqu1pq92",
      "links": [
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cancel something previously arranged with someone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "beg off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cry off"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cry"
      },
      "expansion": "cry",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "off"
      },
      "expansion": "off",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "cry + off",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cries off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crying off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cancel something previously arranged with someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cancel",
          "cancel"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cancel something previously arranged with someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beg off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cry off"
}

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"cry off" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms